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Diesel Crisis Crushing Farmers | Albany Georgia News
Diesel prices are crushing farmers this harvest season, forcing organic peanut farmer Sedrick Rowe to cut back on help and operate under crippling fuel costs. With tractors, combines, and cotton pickers all running on expensive diesel — one picker alone uses 150 gallons daily — the cost to get crops to market has doubled, even with unchanged yields. Farmers can’t raise prices or delay harvests, so they’re cutting irrigation, scaling back next year’s planting, or risking bankruptcy. The crisis stems from global refinery bottlenecks and disrupted supply chains, not crude oil shortages — relief…
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